I have grandfathered unlimited data & also grandfathered unlimited data hotspot from verizon. I think I pay $30 monthly for the hotspot feature. I know there are many ROMS that have native tethering without having a hotspot subscription.
What I am wondering is if I cancelled my hotspot, would I be able to use the phone's unlimited data plan to use insane amounts of tethered datas? The month I moved and was without internet for a month I used 70+ GB on my hotspot (which has unlimited data) and Verizon never made a peep. I gather from "openyoureyes" recent post that he uses 55+ GB of data every month without a word from Verizon. I don't know if any of that is tethered.
Does anyone use native tethering on an unlimited plan, using lots of tethered data without incident? I guess I'm asking if Verizon has any way to know if your unlimited data is being used by your phone or a tethered device if you use native tethering?
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I use anywhere from 50-80 gigs a month and Verizon hasn't complained. I don't have a tethering/mobile hotspot plan but I do have my beloved grandfathered unlimited data and I use the native mobile hotspot a lot...been doing this for at least 2 years.
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Wow, sounds like I can save $30 bucks a month, that's quite a few beers.....
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junksecret said:
Wow, sounds like I can save $30 bucks a month, that's quite a few beers.....
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I have unlimited data grandfathered - and I use the hacked hotspot constantly. I let my kid watch netflix while we're driving long distances (most weekends). I watch netflix myself, often. I easily use 60-80 gigs a month. Verizon has never said anything - ever.
Surge1223 said:
I use anywhere from 50-80 gigs a month and Verizon hasn't complained. I don't have a tethering/mobile hotspot plan but I do have my beloved grandfathered unlimited data and I use the native mobile hotspot a lot...been doing this for at least 2 years.
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Alfyne said:
I have unlimited data grandfathered - and I use the hacked hotspot constantly. I let my kid watch netflix while we're driving long distances (most weekends). I watch netflix myself, often. I easily use 60-80 gigs a month. Verizon has never said anything - ever.
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Thanks for the $30 a month guys, where do I send the check?.....
Unlimited data here and I don't pay for the hotspot either. I don't use near as much data as those folks above but I've been doing it for almost 3 years.
$30? **** that.
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Did Verizon not lose a class action over charging for LTE hot spot some thing about breech of deal with the spectrum and them agreeing to not charge for the feature.
Yeah, for tiered data subscribers. Unlimited subscribers is kinda a grey zone.
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Did Verizon not lose a class action over charging for LTE hot spot some thing about breech of deal with the spectrum and them agreeing to not charge for the feature.
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Correct, but that is for the "new plans", the ones with limited data use. I don't know if they specifically say NOT unlimited, but it wasn't intended for us. However, I don't think it would be hard to dispute if they randomly tried charging you extra.
I use about 40GB a month, most is from normal use. Maybe 10GB is from tethering... I try to do most of my downloading through my phone so they don't try to get me for tethering. I can literally do anything I want from my phone that my laptop can do (in terms of data use), its just a little more convent to tether sometimes.
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I used over 100gigs in June. Tried to avoid it but failed.
Been using over 50 for the past few months..
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any clue if i'd get flagged if i used a 3rd party tether app while paying for hotspot? i prefer the info all the other tethering options give - throughput, bandwidth, etc. though i do wish infrastructure worked better on the 3rd party apps.
I highly doubt it.
I highly doubt you'd get flagged even if you weren't paying for tethering, for that matter.
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I use PDA Net to wired tether my mac all the time and haven't had any issues. Yes I have the $30 unlimited tether plan.
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I don't think so unless you're retarded and pulling in huge numbers like 50+gigs a month, that'd look suspicious especially when it shows it's phone data
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I don't think so unless you're retarded and pulling in huge numbers like 50+gigs a month, that'd look suspicious especially when it shows it's phone data
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What is the data cap if you do pay the extra $30 per month to tether? This is for the grandfathered unlimited data plan.
yeah, how does anyone claim a cap on unlimited when they now have actual data tiers of which none that I'm subscribed to. I'll continue using 3rd party tethering and see if I get called out.
I stream Netflix to my tablets to and from work and use up around 500MB per day.
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What is the data cap if you do pay the extra $30 per month to tether? This is for the grandfathered unlimited data plan.
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well there are two kinds of tethering now, wireless (mobile hotspot) and via usb... there is no unlimited plan to wirelessly tether afaik, now that doesn't stop anyone from tethering anyway if they have unlimited data... technically verizon doesn't like it and can cap you or block data for you altogether, but the way I see it is if you're paying a premium for unlimited data then tether away lol
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I am not worried about getting lte speeds. What's the best plan including grandfathered and retention plans?
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I am not worried about getting lte speeds. What's the best plan including grandfathered and retention plans?
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i am grandfathered unlimited and i use either close or over 5gb a month. i have lte though. so if you are on an unlimited plan i would not downgrade
I've read alot where a bunch of people with the grandfather unlimited plans after upgrading to LTE were being trottled not long after while using alot less data than they used too. They wished they never upgraded. No personal experience myself
I think that was a while back and more recently it's been standardized on 5GB. I'm on the unlimited plan but I don't use near 5GB and have not been throttled.
I lost mg $20 ANR plan. Got screwed and forced to latest consumer plan. 3gb data. Need to find a grandfathered plan or port out. Who can I port to?
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I have the 3GB plan and it is plenty for me.
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I lost mg $20 ANR plan. Got screwed and forced to latest consumer plan. 3gb data. Need to find a grandfathered plan or port out. Who can I port to?
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Not sure if your situation can be rectified. There are different data plans for non-smart phones. Is that what you had? They are cheaper.
I am grandfathered with unlimited for $30/month. My first month with the SR, I went over 5 GB soon after a week. Then I was throttled real bad. It was slower than my wi-fi at home. I did not do that again. I make sure I stay under 5 GB until the last few days then I do whatever.
I know ATT will have a family data plan coming this summer. I will separate from my family plan if I have to to keep the unlimited... even with throttling.
Does registering an iphone 2g with your SIM still give the grandfathered unlimited plan? It was working up until last Christmas at least.
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Ok so i have searched a while and did not come across any posts regarding this: I have verizon and would like to see if theres a root tether option that will allow me to use my xbox and tablet off my phone. I only have a 4 gig data plan and my girlfriends unlimited plan we have already used 34 gigs in 11 days and they are starting to slow the connection speeds down. Is there a way to bypass my 4 gig limit and have unlimited tether on my phone?
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Buy more data for your plan or use a landline ISP.
As far as i know there's no such thing as free interwebs.
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That's what the VZW is making the new data plans for, to keep people off using up the towers for data, and to use a landline ISP for data. otherwise the bills for overcharges will rack up at like $10 extra a gb
Just get WiFi if you're going to use that much get something reliable and that you won't have to be constantly worrying About or looking for loopholes
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Buy more data for your plan or use a landline ISP.
As far as i know there's no such thing as free interwebs.
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Google fiber is if the previous owner of ur house had it set up already
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Google fiber is if the previous owner of ur house had it set up already
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Google Fiber is subscription based. Either way, money will still need to be paid. However, GF is superior to most American ISPs.
Verizon will let you purchase up to 20gb on all share plan then charge you $15 per gig after. never had them slow down my bandwidth. I am still on unlimited data plan.
Is there a way to bypass the limit? The. Internet is useless once it hit the limit can even watch a youtube video
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yeah, don't use it for watching movies and as a hotspot for your entire house. There were a few methods used before, but I can't remember them and I don't think I can speak about it anyway as you did sign a contract that limits your data to 5gb. I'm on it too and unless I go crazy with movies I don't get close. Sorry.
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yeah, don't use it for watching movies and as a hotspot for your entire house. There were a few methods used before, but I can't remember them and I don't think I can speak about it anyway as you did sign a contract that limits your data to 5gb. I'm on it too and unless I go crazy with movies I don't get close. Sorry.
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Are you on T-Mobile? They recently added a new data plan that is unlimited, unrestricted data use even past 5 GB. For me, it was the same exact price that I was already paying. As a matter of fact, I'm pretty sure it's the same price as the previous 5 GB plan.
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Are you on T-Mobile? They recently added a new data plan that is unlimited, unrestricted data use even past 5 GB. For me, it was the same exact price that I was already paying. As a matter of fact, I'm pretty sure it's the same price as the previous 5 GB plan.
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Well what is it called and hpw much
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Well what is it called and hpw much
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It's part of the value plans. It's called Unlimited Nationwide 4G and is $69.99
Found it cost twice of what I pay now its 89.99 bs price
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I'm a family plan and didn't have to pay extra for it. I assumed it would be the same for anyone also already on a 5 GB plan.
I'm on 5 gb plan bit not enough since I mostly watch youtube and Netflix. Doesn't make sense to have 4g and surf web only
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I'm a family plan and didn't have to pay extra for it. I assumed it would be the same for anyone also already on a 5 GB plan.
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I had a 5gb limit on a family plan and I upgraded to their truly unlimited plan and I saved money. (five dollars to be exact)
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Found it cost twice of what I pay now its 89.99 bs price
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You are looking at the classic plan. As I said look for the Value plan. Otherwise there is no other way of getting unlimited internet.
http://www.t-mobile.com/shop/Packages/ValuePackages.aspx
Also since you are probably on the 100 min unlimited plan then you can jump on the 500min unlimited plan which is $59.99 or the one without unlimited texts for $54.99
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You are looking at the classic plan. As I said look for the Value plan. Otherwise there is no other way of getting unlimited internet.
http://www.t-mobile.com/shop/Packages/ValuePackages.aspx
Also since you are probably on the 100 min unlimited plan then you can jump on the 500min unlimited plan which is $59.99 or the one without unlimited texts for $54.99
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Those are 2 gb cap. 89.99 is tje only unlimited without cap. I have unlimited 5 gb
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Those are 2 gb cap. 89.99 is tje only unlimited without cap. I have unlimited 5 gb
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Wrong, look at the list.
There is a 200mb option then a 2gig option and then last an unlimited plan which is nearly 1TB.
There is a 69.99 unlimited everything but there is probably a catch lile for new user only with 2 yrs. Agreement
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There is a 69.99 unlimited everything but there is probably a catch lile for new user only with 2 yrs. Agreement
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Nope, It does require a 2 year contract but it's not for just new users. It's not a limited time plan or anything.
Damn why can't I just change plan without contract
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For me, it would end up costing about $20 more per month as I'm on the value family plan and pay $90 before taxes for 2 lines with unlimited talk, text and 5gb data.
I'd go into a store and see if you can strong arm them into giving you the plan. They hate losing customers since their only advantage is being cheaper, nicer and more open to a range of devices.
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For me, it would end up costing about $20 more per month as I'm on the value family plan and pay $90 before taxes for 2 lines with unlimited talk, text and 5gb data.
I'd go into a store and see if you can strong arm them into giving you the plan. They hate losing customers since their only advantage is being cheaper, nicer and more open to a range of devices.
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That's a lot of advantages lol. I recently switched to Simple Mobile and the speeds are the exact same, signal is the same (uses T-Mobile towers) and I hardly use my phone's data to watch much youtube since there's usually wifi somewhere, including my house. Whoever watches Netflix on their phone via your data connection... you'rs just asking to get capped.
Are you always traveling? Try to use WiFi.
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The unlimited data plan tmobile just introduced includes a proxy redirect if you try to tether your phone to another device. If you're blowing through your 5gb cap because all you do is watch youtube and netflix on tmobile, you have two options...choose to loose the ability to tether, and maybe pay a little more.
I get redirect now without. The new plan
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Hi I hope this question is appropriate for this thread. I have an unlimited data plan with Verizon Wireless (I was grandfathered in). I currently root my phone and have access to wireless tethering (using the most recent Carbon Rom). I was streaming the Bruins game on my computer while connected to the wireless tethering on my phone and managed to rack up over 1.3 TB in data usage. My understanding is that since I have the unlimited plan, I cannot be charged for this. Can anyone confirm this? I only ask because this is a significant amount of data over the 2GB generally alotted for a VZW data plan and I don't want to be stuck with thousands of dollars of charges.
Thanks!
You are fine. I have never used that amount but you are fine.
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If you haven't already, you'll probably just get the 'complimentary' call from Big Red to review your account and make sure you are getting the best services from VZW. Tell them 'no thanks' and not to change a thing. It's a trick to slyly knock grandfathered unlimited users out of their unlimited plans. Unlimited means unlimited... Except for the annoying throttling, which I'm sure you will experience real soon, with over a TB of data. Other than that... You're fine. Stream on!
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